{"id":40872,"date":"2016-08-10T06:53:20","date_gmt":"2016-08-10T12:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=40872"},"modified":"2025-11-06T17:07:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T23:07:26","slug":"sage-thrasher-portraits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2016\/08\/10\/sage-thrasher-portraits\/","title":{"rendered":"Sage Thrasher Portraits"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ImmatureImmature Sage Thrasher portrait – Nikon D810, f7.1, 1\/1600, ISO 400, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

Yesterday I had an immature Sage Thrasher get so close to me that I was able to take portraits of it as it perched out in the open.<\/p>\n

I was photographing another thrasher on a pile of brush when I took my eye away from the view finder long enough to adjust a setting and when I did I saw this young thrasher perched even closer. It must have flown in while I was focused on the other bird. So I turned my focus onto it.<\/p>\n

\"SageSage Thrasher close up – Nikon D810, f10, 1\/800, ISO 400, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

When I am presented with the opportunity like I was yesterday where a subject moves or flies in this close to me my instinct is to take portraits of it, I don’t hesitate, I take them. It kind of seems silly to me not to take them when I have the chance to.<\/p>\n

I spend a great deal of time in the field and I know that opportunities like I had yesterday on Antelope Island<\/span><\/a> with this thrasher perching so close to me don’t happen all that often.<\/p>\n

\"SageSage Thrasher close up at 100% resolution – Nikon D810, f10, 1\/800, ISO 400, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

This is a section of the image above but at 100% resolution. I can see the rictal bristles above the gape, a smudge of dirt below that, the dirt on the bird’s bill and I can count the feathers that circle this young thrasher’s golden eye. I love the details and the clarity I can see in portraits.<\/p>\n

\"YoungSage Thrasher Portrait – Nikon D810, f10, 1\/800, ISO 400, +0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I was able to take about a hundred images of this immature Sage Thrasher before it flew away and I am glad that I was able to take those images.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my Sage Thrasher photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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